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Menachem Wecker

Menachem Wecker is the U.S. bureau news editor of JNS.

“When I see wax stains, it always sends a shiver down my spine,” said Sharon Mintz, curator of Jewish art at the Jewish Theological Seminary Library.
The American Jewish Committee referred to the democratically passed law as “pushed through” the Israeli legislature.
The American Anthropological Association’s decision marks a “dark day for higher education,” said Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, AMCHA Initiative director.
“False historical information about Israel and Israelis is getting smuggled into the curriculum based on poetic license,” says a leader of the nonprofit.
The Democratic candidate for president presented himself as a strong supporter of Israel and Jews in an exclusive, nearly 40-minute interview.
The Baptist minister and activist has used slurs to refer to Jews, said “I’m sick and tired of hearing constantly about the Holocaust” and accused Israel of crimes on par with those of the Nazis.
“The first step the Biden administration must take to repair this critical relationship is to end its pursuit of any new deal with Iran,” Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) told JNS. “Only then can tensions thaw.”
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Department and Foreign Operations is recommending a $1 million increase; a bipartisan group had asked for $500,000 months ago.
The shooter, Rashid Baz, died in jail last year. He killed Ari Halberstam and fired on 14 other yeshivah students.
“Antisemitism has historically been a barometer for social unrest, and today, it is indicative of the wider challenges facing France,” two American Jewish Committee leaders in France told JNS.
If a Jews did occasionally fight, they would’ve probably opted to take on animals rather than people, according to a new scholarly article.
“The Tel Aviv Museum is open to criticism and sensitive to public opinion and therefore decided not to hold the conference,” Tania Coen-Uzzielli, director of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, told JNS.